"EU tries to defuse looming crisis with Turkey
Mon Nov 6, 2006 10:01 PM IST144
By Paul Taylor, European Affairs Editor
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union sought on Monday to defuse a looming crisis with Turkey over Cyprus and lagging reforms, welcoming a pledge to amend a key law on freedom of expression in line with EU standards.
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan announced the policy shift on Sunday, three days before a European Commission report expected to sharply criticise Turkey, saying he was ready to change a law used to prosecute writers for "insulting Turkishness"."
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